Film review: Silent Friend
Tony Leung’s second non-Chinese film is a beautiful, meditative thesis of change and isolation. It’s not trying to please everyone, but it opens up to…
Film of the week: Furiosa: a Mad Max Saga
Furiosa is just as mad as Max in George Miller’s latest road rager
Film of the week: The Fall Guy
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt star in a love letter to the stunt professionals of Hollywood. Shot in Sydney’s CBD, it offers little beyond impressive…
Film of the week: Evil Does Not Exist
The Japanese director behind 2021’s Drive My Car delivers a beautiful and contemplative eco-drama that ends with one of this year’s most harrowingly haunting endings.
Films of the week: Civil War, Robot Dreams
Alex Garland divides opinions, and America, in a nihilistic war fantasy. And the surprise Spanish animated Robot Dreams is a charming piece that both breaks and…
Films of the week: Monkey Man, Origin
This week, an action film and a serious drama about the nature of institutionalised racism. One set to be a modern classic, the other no…
Film of the week: Perfect Days
Wim Wenders returns with a simple and heartwarming slice of life set in Tokyo.
Film of the week: Immaculate
Sydney Sweeney turns scream queen in a nunsploitation horror film that is effective, if a little predictable.
Films of the week: Love Lies Bleeding, You’ll Never Find Me
Kristen Stewart headlines a pumping high-octane thriller, while a little Australian horror does a lot with very little. Plus a ticket giveaway for the upcoming…
Review recap: Oppenheimer
Picking up seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, this year’s ceremony belonged to the epic biopic.
Film of the week: Dune 2
A sequel for the fans that is as epic, grandiose, and bloated as promised.